2012 was the year I finally got myself down to the huge festival in the the Nevada desert famously known as Burning Man. Upon preparing for my first visit to “That Thing In The Desert” I learned about a principle they use called “gifting”. Because I was going down alone and on a limited budget I decided I’d take people’s portraits and gift them back to each person once we all returned to to our default lives, giving them something to remember their burn by.

I created, a separate stand-alone website strictly for my Burning Man work and eventually got through all the editing and posted everyone’s portraits online.

Just recently I was interviewed for an online “Burner” magazine called Burn After Reading. This interview is now online so please feel free to check out the photos and the interview and say hello if you’d like.

Thanks for reading,

Wayne

Burner Portraits

Burn After Reading Article

After some great road trip adventures I find myself back in Calgary. I moved back to Alberta in November for a new job opportunity.

That said it’s allowing me to upgrade my gear, and pursue my photography even more. I’ve already met a few groups of people that I’ve been shooting with, meeting models and others to shoot and steadily working forward. I’m currently saving for a new camera and for my bucket list trip to Burning Man this August. Stay tuned for photos and updates from that.

Well my road trip went well despite the fact that I simply ran out of travel money in less time than I had hoped. So be it, life goes on. I have had some opportunities come up that may be worth the shortened travels. We’ll see how things here pan out in the next few weeks.

I’m home staying with family in Chilliwack while I regroup, open to any and all photographic endeavors anyone might have for me.